Harvesting Flashcards
is the act or process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields.
Harvesting
is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper.
Reaping
On smaller farms with mechanization, It is the most labour-intensive activity of the growing season.
Harvesting
Harvesting by one’s own hand is It is done in several ways, Ladder / bag picking method,Poles/ Clippers method ,Harvesting by means of cutting knives
MANUAL HARVESTING
is done mostly to leafy vegetables such Chinese cabbage, pechay, celery, broccoli, cabbage, green onions and some rot crops like carrots and radish.
Trimming
-Wiping the vegetables with a clean, dry and soft cloth often gives better results than washing. This is most suitable for tomatoes, melons and other fruit vegetables.
Cleaning the Harvest
, green, onions, radish and carrot. It may be done with other vegetables especially those harvested during wet conditions.
Post-harvest operation
also includes the removal of disease-infected parts to avoid the spread of the disease during the transport or storage of the commodity.
Trimming
It lessens the expense for transporting and handling and most especially improves the appearance or maintain the good quality of the products.
Trimming
• is the process of separating and grouping commodities according to a set of criteria recognized by the industry or consumer. The set of criteria are termed standard.
Sorting
It can be described as the attainment of the particular size or stage after which ripening takes place.
Maturity
It can be described as the attainment of the particular size or stage after which ripening takes place.
Maturity
• This is the practice of putting the produce to appropriate container before shipping or storing. This promotes efficiency and accurately in shipping or storing.
Packing
It is usually defined in terms of color, size, shape, maturity and amount of defects.
Quality
• The quality of fruits and vegetable cannot be improved but it can be presented when harvesting is done at proper stage of maturity. Immature fruits when harvested will give poor quality and erratic ripening.
Maturity Indices/ Harvesting indices
- the condition of a certain crop that is ready to harvest
Maturity
- the observable indications that a crop can already be harvested
Maturity indices